Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6737993.stm

A court in Egypt has ruled that the American University of Cairo cannot ban women from wearing the niqab - the full Islamic face covering - on campus.

The ruling comes after a lengthy legal battle between the university and a female student, who was told she had to remove the niqab for security reasons.

Supporters of the niqab greeted the...

Author: Brian R. Ballou

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/06/10/canopys_rise_signals_end_of_mosques_plight/

As a crane hoisted a 5,000-pound, copper canopy toward the top of a red brick tower in Roxbury yesterday afternoon, thousands of area Muslims looked upward, some with tears running down their cheeks.

"This is the moment we have been waiting for for two...

Author: Dwight Ott

Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/philadelphia/7923962.html

They came from far: Pakistan, Lebanon and India, organizers said. And from near: 80 percent were African Americans from Philadelphia, they added.

With the Delaware River flowing serenely in the background and strains of Middle Eastern music rising from red-capped singers on a bright and warm late spring day, an...

Author: Jessica Ravitz

Source: The Salt Lake Tribune

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_6100254

SANDY - Tucked in the corner of a strip mall, right beside a closed-down Lowe's home improvement store, Utah Muslims have a new place to pray and gather.

At the spiritual helm of the Utah Islamic Center is Imam Shuaib-ud Din, the longtime religious leader of the Islamic Society of Greater Salt Lake and West Valley City's Khadeeja Masjid, or mosque, and a man who faced...

Author: Jennifer Garza

Source: The Sacramento Bee

http://www.sacbee.com/107/story/210869.html

Imam Mohammad Azeez reads aloud the weekly announcements on this Friday afternoon and again wonders why he couldn't find anyone else to do it.

"Remember to sign up for the new class starting soon," he says as many worshippers file out the mosque doors.

Pray for the mother of a member who recently had hip surgery, he continues.

Don't...

Author: Peter Cox

Source: Columbia News Service

http://www.statesman.com/life/content/life/stories/faith/06/09/0609imams.html

A young Muslim from the United States earnestly asks, "I have been wanting to get a tattoo of the crescent moon and star, then found out it is against Islam to get a tattoo. But what if the tattoo is religious?"

"Is it permissible for a Muslim to play in the NHL?" asks another from Canada....

Author: Chris Reiter

Source: Reuters

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N06394027.htm

NEW YORK, June 8 (Reuters) - After years of being taunted as "bin Laden" and "terrorist" at school, Osama Al-Najjar attempted suicide last July at the age of 15.

Now 16, he is an extreme example of the difficulties facing some Arabs in New York, the city hit hardest by the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

"They destroyed everything nice in...

Author: Irshad Manji

Source: The Australian

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21867577-7583,00.html

AGAINST the backdrop of civil war, Abraham Lincoln stirred Americans by appealing to their "better angels". Now some of those angels appear in an unprecedented study about Muslims in the US, and they may show us how to prevent civil war in Europe.

Muslim Americans, released by the Pew Research Centre,...

Author: Thomas Wagner

Source: Houston Chronicle

Wire Service: AP

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/religion/4874027.html

LONDON — Prime Minister Tony Blair this week announced $2 million in funding to back Islamic studies at British universities, urging the public to listen to the religion's moderate scholars rather than to its radicals.

Blair's government hopes the funding will lead...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: U.S. Newswire

Source: The Islamica Magazine

http://www.islamicamagazine.com/issue-19/shaping-islam-in-america.html

10 Young Muslim Visionaries

Introduction

There is no shortage of discussion about what is wrong with Muslims and the Islamic world these days. From our perspective, it is also important to take time to acknowledge the good that comes from Muslims inspired by their faith. For this reason Islamica decided to profile a series of individuals...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6727101.stm

Muhammad is the second most popular name for baby boys in Britain, new research has found.

According to The Times, the name is now second only to Jack and is likely to rise to number one by next year.

The newspaper says the name - if all 14 different spellings are included - was shared by 5,991 new-born boys during last year.

The name's...

Author: Siham Al Najami

Source: Gulfnews.com

http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/06/06/10130394.html

Dubai: Fifteen schools in Dubai confirmed they will immediately work on providing Arabic and Islamic studies in their curriculum, the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) said in a release.

A survey by the School Agency, the first body created by KHDA, had revealed that 15 private schools were not offering Arabic and...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Dawn

http://www.dawn.com/2007/06/05/int7.htm

LONDON, June 4: The two-day interfaith conference on ‘Islam and Muslims in the World Today’ began here on Monday with Prime Minister Tony Blair emphatically declaring that the voices of extremism are no more representative of Islam than the use, in times gone by, of torture to force conversion to Christianity, represented the true teachings of Christ.

He said Islam...

Author: Matthai Chakko Kuruvila

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Security-agency-enlisting-Muslims-to-rebut-2557543.php

After nearly six years of intense law...